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Chapter 15: Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets

Verse 17 of 33
SB 8.15.17

यत्र नित्यवयोरूपाः श्यामा विरजवाससः भ्राजन्ते रूपवन्नार्यो ह्यर्चिर्भिरिव वह्नयः

yatra nitya-vayo-rūpāḥ śyāmā viraja-vāsasaḥ bhrājante rūpavan-nāryo hy arcirbhir iva vahnayaḥ

Synonyms

yatrain that city; nitya-vayaḥ-rūpāḥwho were ever beautiful and young; śyāmāḥpossessing the quality of śyāmā; viraja-vāsasaḥalways dressed with clean garments; bhrājanteglitter; rūpa-vatwell decorated; nāryaḥwomen; hicertainly; arcirbhiḥwith many flames; ivalike; vahnayaḥfires..

Translation

Everlastingly beautiful and youthful women, who were dressed with clean garments, glittered in the city like fires with flames. They all possessed the quality of śyāmā.

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives a hint of the quality of the śyāmā woman.

śīta-kāle bhaved uṣṇā
uṣma-kāle suśītalāḥ
stanau sukaṭhinau yāsāṁ
tāḥ śyāmāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

A woman whose body is very warm during the winter and cool during the summer and who generally has very firm breasts is called śyāmā.

Verse 17 of 33
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